sno damage

HEAVY SNO DAMAGE 10.28.08

HEAVY SNO DAMAGES!

WELL THERE WAS A HEAVY SNO FALL AT LA TUESDAY NIGHT AND IT TOOK DOWN A LOT OF TREES BRANCHES, TREES, KNOCKED OUT ELECTRIC AND THEREFORE THERE WAS NO WATER-- A REAL MESS -- QUITE A FEW COMMUNITY MEMBERS LOST THEIR SCREEN HOUSE AND HAVE ROOF DAMAGE--I LOST MY WHOLE SCREEN ROOM -- YIKES!

HERE ARE A FEW HELP SUGGESTIONS FOR YOU

contractor who does insurance estimates for screen house damages and can do repairs
MATHEWS RV SERVICE (on site contractor) uses kay home products -- 570-686-3858

contractor who does insurance estimates for screen house damages and can do other mobile home repairs
DOUG'S MOBILE HOME REPAIRS -- 570-857-9290

contractor who does insurance estimates for screen house damages and can do repairs http://www.machosecontracting.com/ -- rick at 610-530-8727 -- rick just installed a new screen room on my block

MOST SCREEN ROOMS AT LA WERE SUPPLIED BY KAY HOME PRODUCTS -- THEY HAVE REPLACEMENT CANVAS CANOPIES AND PARTS --THEY ARE AT
http://www.kayhomeproducts.com/ --1-800-626-5296

also available from bj's wholesale clubs online orders http://www.bjs.com/


any one have other contractors they want to recommend let me know and i'll post them for the la members -- contact me at lachipper@gmail.com


Gary cell 1-203-496-0541 installed the hard top on 260 Blue Aspen(corner of forest glen). He does screen room and hard top work. If you can post him it would be great...

GOOD LUCK!


posted 10.30.08


#51

POLL DATA

when i changed the format of the blog i lost some of the poll data -- i have been able to recreate it from some old data and here are the results of those polls. i feel that since it all deals with the consequences of the october sno/wind storm and power and utilities failures it is important since many people were affected by the failures of the la community management (?) or whomever wasn't in charge of the situation at la during these events

Q: IN AN EMERGENCY LA SHOULD HAVE
A: EMERGENCY HOUSING -------------- 17
GENERATOR 4 WATER SUPPLY ------- 21
GENERATOR 4 CLUBHOUSE ---------- 7
GENERATOR 4 OFFICE COMPLEX ----- 15
GENERATOR 4 PAVILION ----------- 3
OFFICE OPEN -------------------- 20

Q: THE OCTOBER SNO STORM CAUSED
A: NO DAMAGE ---------------------- 5
COLLAPSED SCREENROOM ----------- 15
COLLAPSED GAZEBO --------------- 0
COLLAPSED AWNING --------------- 1
DOWNED TREES ------------------- 8
DAMAGED TRAILER ---------------- 6
BURNED OUT HOT WATER TANK ------ 0

Q: LA WEB PAGE IS
A: JUST FINE ---------------------- 0
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT -------------- 18
NOT RELEVENT ------------------- 4
NEEDS CONTACT INFO ------------- 12
NEEDS EMERGENCY INFO ----------- 16
NEEDS UPDATING DAILY ----------- 23

Q: IN LIGHT OF OCTOBER STORM
A: LA NEEDS ON SITE MANAGER ------- 20
NEEDS EMERGENCY PLAN ----------- 18
NEEDS NO PLANNING -------------- 4

insurance + sno storm

the freak sno storm last month was something that no one would have expected and was very localized in the pocono region -- particularly higher elevations like la -- i had my screen house collapse -- it was completely destroyed -- i was up the saturday before but it rained all day so i thought i'd wait until the next saturday-- mistake -- my insurance co hasn't given me a price yet but the adjuster gave me a notice that the coverage will be adjusted -- you know what i mean -- so i don't look forward to the price they'll pay--- i'm sure i won't like it-- so anon you may actually get something towards a new one and have to take that and apply it toward a new one-- not much else one can do

complaints + web page

it appears that many members were dissatisfied with the way the recent storm disruption to the operations at la were handled by la management(?) -- i think everyone realizes that the storm was a regional wide event and la couldn't be held responsible for these events BUT -- but -- but

the lack of contingency plans for emergencies was evident -- there appears to be no plan in the event off a community wide shut down of community electric and water supplies -- no generator backups for water well pumps --

no designated facility for emergency shelter in the event of an accident -- a shelter that again should have emergency generator for minimal lighting and heat --

no community support from the office administration -- again the office is closed due to a lack of electric and heat and therefore no one comes to work-- this is unacceptable

today backup generators are available and the pricing while still rather expensive are not out of the realm of possibility -- key areas and services should have backup and the office staff should be on a emergency mode to provide basic services

again there is no plans for emergencies and no contingency to continue la operations when something happens --

there is no qualified management in place and that is not good for the community

the web page is nice but is not informative, relevant or up to date -- again communications is a management function and it is not present at la

this bod is not managing la properly-- as a matter of fact no one is managing la!!!!

power outage + storm damage

the storm caused a regional power failure and the power was out at la for quite a bit of time -- this outage caused the water supply pumps to shut down and the water supply at la failed -- this can create a few problems for the members

if you didn't do the following you may have problems

if you didn't shut off your water hydrant and you don't have a back flow check valve on your supply line your water may have been siphoned out when the community water system failed and if you didn't shut off the electric to your hot water tank you may have burned out the tank heating element

the heating elements can be changed by a appliance repairman or a rv service man -- this is much cheaper than a new tank

when you have this done you should have a in line back flow check valve installed on your water supply line -- also at this service call have a in line pressure valve installed-- some are both a back flow valve and a pressure valve in combination

power loss also can cause you food in your freezer to spoil -- ice cream is particularly affected by this but others may have defrosted -- so you will have to decide what to do in this case

none of these utility failures were the fault of la and in no way was la negligent -- this was an unusual weather event that cause a regional problem for everyone through out the pocono mountain region

hope everything works out for you -- i know how it feels since i have had all the above happen to me -- not good!!

#78

WIDE SPREAD DAMAGE !

i drove around la today and there is a lot of damage -- many branches down, some trees down but i didn't see many on roofs-- just a few-- anyone who left the canvas up on their gazebos, screen rooms, or awning are in the worst shape-- all are down and the screen walls are bent and collapsed-- they are totally destroyed

i just finished clearing a path to the door through the remnants of my screen house -- i can't take it down and clean it up until my insurance company sends someone to look at the damage -- i took pictures and are sending them to the insurance company and hope that will satisfy them and maybe by next weekend i can finish cleaning up the mess

so i think a lot of the community members will have a lot of work to do to get their places back into shape--- good luck!!!

#80